1
: a liquid food especially with a meat, fish, or vegetable stock as a base and often containing pieces of solid food
2
: something (such as a heavy fog or nitroglycerine) having or suggesting the consistency or nutrient qualities of soup
3
: an unfortunate predicament
that stunt landed her in the soup
Examples of soup in a Sentence
in soup like this, amateur pilots can easily become disoriented
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
The Best Time to Visit Spain for Great Weather and Famous Festivals
On their second night at the house, guests will get to pick a recipe from the palace's archives to enjoy for dinner, including Jerez-style cream of artichoke soup and Palacio Domecq’s rice with prawns.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2024
It can be drizzled over pasta, risotto, soup, curries, and dishes made with legumes.
—Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 20 June 2024
Run me the onion rings, Voodoo crawfish rolls, a cup of the crawfish corn soup, chargrilled oysters and the Hawaiian salmon, with a side of the crawfish pasta.
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“Soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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soup
noun1
: a liquid food with a meat, fish, or vegetable stock as a base and often containing pieces of solid food
2
: something like or suggesting soup (as a heavy fog)
Etymology
from early French supe "soup"; of Germanic origin
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